Synonyms for prolixity
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Noun
1. Verbiage — long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words
verbiage, verbosity, wordiness, logorrhea US, logorrhoea UK, long-windedness, prolixness, windiness
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Definitions
- n. 1
Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
Forms
- Plural
- prolixities → verbiages, verbosities, wordinesses, logorrheas…
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Prolixity goes into endless petty details, without selection or perspective.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- verbiage Words should be meaningful, not just verbiage.
- verbosity He was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prolixity | falling | |
| verbiage | falling | |
| verbosity | steady | |
| wordiness | rising | |
| tediousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- verbiage3
- 9 letters
- verbosity, wordiness, logorrhea, windiness
- 10 letters
- logorrhoea, prolixness
- 11 letters
- tediousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (verbiage3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prolixité